Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz wants customers to donate $5 when they buy their coffee, part of an effort to create jobs in a down economy.

Donations will be multiplied by a network of 180 organizations described as Community Development Financial Institutions. Starbucks estimates one new job will be created or retained for approximately every $21,000 in loans, due to loans made to community businesses.

Amanda Knox sightings were elusive Tuesday, but the former student was briefly spotted at an airport in Rome just before boarding a plane to Seattle with her family.

Knox, newly acquitted of the murder of Meredith Kercher, appeared in high spirits. The 24-year-old smiled at supporters as she carried her bag through the airport and gave one man a hug. (Here’s where you can view a photo from the UK Telegraph.)

When Amanda returns home to the U.S. Tuesday, she’ll have no shortage of so-called friends in high places. But her highest friend might be the real-estate mogul sitting at the top of New York’s Trump Tower.

Donald Trump thinks the newly-acquitted Knox has some star potential, and he wants to help her find a way to pay her legal fees. He told new CNN anchor Erin Burnett Monday that Knox could “become a big star and build some dividends” from her ordeal in Italy.

Hope Solo cha-chaed her way to her best score yet on “Dancing with the Stars” on Monday. Dancing to Enrique Iglesias’ “Tonight,” Solo and her partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, came up a bit short on the details but delivered overall, according to the judges. They earned 24 points. “I just want to take you and work […]
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